First girl asks for diplomatic immunity over alleged assault

Mugabe was purported to current herself at a police station in a Johannesburg suburb on Tuesday to offer a press release however failed to seem, regardless of her appointment being rescheduled a number of instances all through the day, South African police stated.

Mugabe’s attorneys knowledgeable authorities that she had “modified her thoughts” about chatting with police and subsequently requested diplomatic immunity, based on a police assertion.

The alleged assault befell Sunday at a lodge in Sandton, a rich suburb north of Johannesburg, based on police, who have been known as to the scene the place a case of “assault with intent to do grievous bodily hurt” was registered.

The transfer comes after Gabriella Engels, a 20-year-old girl, used her private Twitter feed to accuse Mugabe of attacking her, based on Vishnu Naidoo, a spokesman for South Africa’s police.

Engels stated she was in a lodge room with Mugabe’s two grownup sons when the assault befell.

“I had no clue who this girl was when she began beating me,” Engels stated in a radio interview with CapeTalk 567AM. “I solely came upon this after I got here out the lodge room.

“I walked by a safety guard and requested him who the girl was as a result of I wished to put a case in opposition to her.”

Engels additionally claimed on Twitter that Mugabe “break up my head open in three locations. With an extension wire and plug to hit me.”

CNN has reached out to Mugabe’s representatives for remark.

Police initially claimed Mugabe had turned herself earlier than revealing that she had not. Her attorneys and representatives of the Zimbabwean authorities met police on Tuesday to determine “channels of cooperation,” police stated.

The spouse of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled the nation since 1980, is reportedly in South Africa to have a foot damage examined and to participate in diplomatic conferences.